163. News-Stockholm to ban petrol cars

词汇  1.     capital 首都 2.     slash 大幅度削减，大大降低 3.     span 包括，涵盖 4.     restrict 限制 5.     prematurely 过早地 

Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025

  Stockholm has announced plans to become the first big capital city to ban petrol and diesel cars from its centre, in an effort to slash pollution and reduce noise. From 2025, 20 blocks of Stockholm's inner city area, spanning its finance and main shopping districts, will be restricted to electric vehicle traffic only. Announcing the plan, Lars Stromgren, the city's vice-mayor for transport, said: “Nowadays, the air in Stockholm causes babies to have lung conditions and the elderly to die prematurely. We need to eliminate the harmful exhaust gases from petrol and diesel cars.”